I've been in Lausanne for just 1 month. I live out by UNIL, so there aren't many restaurant options nearby. I've been cooking a lot, but sometimes I want to grab something out. I haven't been very adventurous in my choices. Can anyone suggest some good restaurants in the area? If you could tell the metro stop they're nearby, that would be helpful, too! Thanks!

It depends on what you are looking for. There is a good food court which has several restaurants in Bel Air (just above the Flon metro station), it has pizza, Indian, Chinese, Thai, Sushi and Turkish. There's a couple of good Moroccan restaurants (for Couscous), you could just google "Couscous Lausanne". There's an ethiopian restaurant that I've been wanting to try for some time, near the metro station Ours. There's a nice Italian place just in front of the Gare (Bella Vita), its food is good but it's a bit overpriced and the waiters there have serious attitude problems.

I've tried many restaurants around here, I could suggest more if I know what kind of food you're into.

well, what are you really looking for? what is "the area" for you , around UNIL, or rather broader?

The Cote here has more restaurant choices that some of the largest cities of France, with great quality and alas priced accordingly. In St. Sulpice there are a couple, and so in many of the villages on the coast... but for finding ppl, you are better off heading to the center of Lausanne.

Hi Nicole,
Lausanne's got really good restaurants, some upper class, some classic.
I don't know your food habits, but I agree with Abdallah concerning places like Bel Air (Social Life, a kind of multiplex restaurant ). Riponne's also a nice (but ugly) place, with typical Vaud restaurant, pizzeria and a small but dammit good chinese
Forget about Flon, nothing really interesting and overpriced !
You can find interesting places on bonresto.ch, just take a look !

Don't you think the guy who owns this restaurant looks amazingly like a younger version of George Clooney? I swear I couldn't tell you what the food tastes like because I'm always, ahem, otherwise occupied. (Just kidding, the food is good!)

Don't you think the guy who owns this restaurant looks amazingly like a younger version of George Clooney? I swear I couldn't tell you what the food tastes like because I'm always, ahem, otherwise occupied. (Just kidding, the food is good!)

Absolutely! Every female friend i've taken there has commented on it
Delicious... the food I mean

my favorite in lausanne. out of the way for most but right across the street from us! love it - the food is great and the owners are really nice! pricey for a student but well worth it by swiss standards and the terrace is great in the warm weather... also, holy cow- good burgers, abyssinia- great ethiopian, chez mario on rue de bourg is good cheap pizza, there's really too many good places to list them all.

Thank you all so much! Definitely a good list to start out with. I miss some American food (I've discovered beef here doesn't quite meet my Texan standards), but most of that I can wait until I go back for. I'm excited to try some of these places. It all looks great!

The other good option is to make friends with people who can cook and actually enjoy doing it. Especially when spring comes back and some of us start going through barbecue withdrawals...

I have to concur with Ohmsford02. This is by far and away one of the best ways to eat in Lausanne.
Grab an interesting group of people. Add social lubricant. Combine with delicious food you concocted yourself (you can let others share the work if you don't feel up to making it all yourself) and you have a fabulous and boozy Sunday!

I have to concur with Ohmsford02. This is by far and away one of the best ways to eat in Lausanne.
Grab an interesting group of people. Add social lubricant. Combine with delicious food you concocted yourself (you can let others share the work if you don't feel up to making it all yourself) and you have a fabulous and boozy Sunday!